2003 Roxbury Race #12

Spring Championship

4.3 miles - High Bridge Road
May 3, 2003

   

Marge and Ken - Spring Champions

Contrary to forecasts, it was a glorious and cool Saturday morning at Roxbury, a great day for racing.  Forty four runners paid $5 each to run in the annual Spring Challenge, held to honor the late founder of the Roxbury Races, Dr. Larry Kershnar.  Proceeds go to the Scholarship Fund and to help pay for park improvements, including those nice portable toilets, tastefully tucked away behind the tree by the swing set.

In the race itself, five runners went out fast, and had a clear lead after half a mile when they turned off West Apple Lane to go down the big hill on South Street.  There, the pack kind of broke up into exactly the order in which they would finish, with Dangerous Ken Merrick gradually pulling away to win by a minute over David Hunt (pictured at the right).  

Women's winner Marge DeMarrais won her seventh race of the season, finishing exactly four minutes behind Ken and a minute ahead of her nearest rival, Pam Quist.

The fast start helped people run hard.  Ken's winning time was over a minute faster than his own winning time on the same course three weeks ago, as well as more than a minute faster than Mark DePalma's winning time last week.  Marge's time was also considerably faster than recent winning times by Pam Quist and Nora Hulton.  

A table comparing times last week with times this week is at the very bottom of this page, after all the results.  Seventeen of the 19 people who ran both weeks ran faster this week, led by Chris Powderly, over three minutes faster.  Only last week's winner Nora Hulton was slower this week.  Tom McNulty, always consistent, ran exactly the same time both weeks.  On the average, we were 42 seconds faster this week.  Fourth place Mike Abraham was most average, improving by 47 seconds.

Some intrepid wanderers have returned from last week's trail marathon in Delaware.  Carl Hunt reports that, despite wet crossings up to his waist, it was a wonderful race and he was hardly sore at all.  Al Mletzko concurs.  Corinne Bellemare and Walt Schuttler had no comment.  Carl had some exciting pictures.

We got pictures, too.  Dave DeBoy took more than 20 pictures at the finish line, and Web Guy took some more at the awards ceremony that followed, so all of today's pictures are new.  We'll be using some of them over the next few weeks.  Those of you who don't want your picture appearing here on the web page had better start being nice to Web Guy.  

The Roxbury Races are now listed on the Internet both on RunningInTheUSA and on HiTekRacing.com

   

 

Scott Benjamin reaches for the stick.  That's Dave Harvey in the background.

Photos mostly by Dave DeBoy, who missed the race while he recovers from injuries sustained in a bicycle crash.

 Winner two weeks ago, David Hunt was second this week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Fossil, Ed Sandifer, won the over 50 age group, and a refrigerator magnet.

 

 

 

Sharon and Shiloh finish the race

 

 

 

 

 

Tom McNulty seems to be flying.

 

 

 

 

 

This week's Roxbury results

1 24.51 Ken Merrick 34 ( 5.47 min per mile)
2 25.53 Dave Hunt 16 ( 6.01 min per mile)
3 26.03 Adam Kozak 21 ( 6.03 min per mile)
4 26.34 Mike Abraham 43 ( 6.11 min per mile)
5 27.01 Ed Sandifer 51 ( 6.17 min per mile)
6 27.29 Lou Denaro 42 ( 6.23 min per mile)
7 27.34 Steve Benoit 50 ( 6.25 min per mile)
8 27.51 Mark Andrejczyk 30 ( 6.29 min per mile)
9 28.27 Dan Lamb 41 ( 6.37 min per mile)
10 28.36 Nate Beatty 16 ( 6.39 min per mile)
11 28.51 Marge Demarrais 39 ( 6.43 min per mile)
12 29.55 Mark Zerbe 42 ( 6.57 min per mile)
13 30.04 Mark Losacco 34 ( 7.00 min per mile)
14 30.16 Paul Teixeira 43 ( 7.02 min per mile)
15 30.19 Pam Quist 39 ( 7.03 min per mile)
16 30.30 Mark Goodwin 52 ( 7.06 min per mile)
17 31.51 John Kane 51 ( 7.24 min per mile)
18 32.36 Bob Lewis 38 ( 7.35 min per mile)
19 32.41 Bruce Goulart 53 ( 7.36 min per mile)
20 33.19 Ryan Abbott 20 ( 7.45 min per mile)
21 33.40 John Murphy Jr 48 ( 7.50 min per mile)
22 33.42 Chris Powderly 50 ( 7.50 min per mile)
23 34.09 Scott Benjamin 45 ( 7.57 min per mile)
24 34.18 Mario Hasz 54 ( 7.59 min per mile)
25 34.59 Nora Hulton 39 ( 8.08 min per mile)
26 35.56 Lynn Zuback 37 ( 8.21 min per mile)
27 36.41 Paul Butler 45 ( 8.32 min per mile)
28 36.55 Tom McNulty 37 ( 8.35 min per mile)
29 37.28 Gisela Boelhouwer 38 ( 8.43 min per mile)
30 38.11 Shiloh Gawe 3 ( 8.53 min per mile)
31 38.11 Sharon Gawe 50 ( 8.53 min per mile)
32 38.53 Charise Rizio 23 ( 9.03 min per mile)
33 39.36 Wendy Carlson   ( 9.13 min per mile)
34 39.39 Jim Little 49 ( 9.13 min per mile)
35 39.43 Al Mletzko 60 ( 9.14 min per mile)
36 40.15 Mo van Moffaert 43 ( 9.22 min per mile)
37 41.41 Carl Hunt 52 ( 9.42 min per mile)
38 43.11 Ron Karl 61 ( 10.03 min per mile)
39 45.19 Lee Ann Zarger 48 ( 10.32 min per mile)
40 45.19 Copper Zarger 2 ( 10.32 min per mile)
41 49.24 Carl Myhill 63 ( 11.29 min per mile)
Alt 2.4 mi
42 19.37 Katie Neils 10 ( 8.10 min per mile)
43 22.35 Bob Satterlee 54 ( 9.25 min per mile)
Alt 1.0 mi
44 11.22 Corinne Bellemare 44 ( 11.22 min per mile)

Last weeks times compared to this week's times - most people improved

This Last improvement
week week
1 Chris Powderly 33.42 36.54 3.12
2 Paul Butler 36.41 38.19 1.38
3 Jim Little 39.39 41.09 1.30
4 Ed Sandifer 27.01 28.18 1.17
5 Bob Lewis 32.36 33.33 0.57
6 Mark Losacco 30.04 30.54 0.50
7 Mark Andrejczyk 27.51 28.40 0.49
8 Mike Abraham 26.34 27.21 0.47
9 Shiloh Gawe 38.11 38.37 0.26
10 Sharon Gawe 38.11 38.37 0.26
11 Ron Karl 43.11 43.35 0.24
12 Steve Benoit 27.34 27.54 0.20
13 Mario Hasz 34.18 34.32 0.14
14 Paul Teixeira 30.16 30.29 0.13
15 Mark Zerbe 29.55 30.06 0.11
16 Lou Denaro 27.29 27.37 0.08
17 Scott Benjamin 34.09 34.11 0.02
18 Tom McNulty 36.55 36.55 0.00
19 Nora Hulton 34.59 34.49 -0.10

 

Last modified: May 3, 2003

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